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Jeong Jae-yeong
Kim Dong-wan
TVXQ! Attains Most Oricon Wins
The five member K-pop group, TVXQ!, set a new record with Japan's Oricon music charts. Their 23rd single released in Japan on the 16th, "How did I Start Liking You," ranked first on the Oricon Daily Singles chart and then reached first on the Oricon Weekly charts.
On the 22nd, the Oricon website (http://www.oricon.co.jp) posted that the "5-member Korean group TVXQ! and their 23rd single won first place on the Oricon Weekly Singles charts, their third win after their 16th single, 'Purple Rain,' and their 22nd single, 'Beautiful You/1000-Year Love Song.'"
The Oricon News continued with "This is the most number of wins on the Oricon Weekly charts for an overseas artist. TVXQ! and Taiwan singer OuYang FeiFei were tied at two wins, but TVXQ! set the new record with their third."
TVXQ!'s 23rd Japan single will also be released in Korea.
Source : http://english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1536411_11858.html
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